📄️ Clean Up Old Jobs Automatically
Synopsis
📄️ How to configure Qube! to use dedicated workers before non-dedicated workers
A Qube! farm can contain a mix of machines that users never log into, such as
📄️ How to configure the supervisor to send mail
Configuration
📄️ How to disable SELinux and firewalls on a Linux worker
Disable and Stop the Firewalls
📄️ How to easily kill or remove an entire job process group
Qube! jobs can belong to a process group, which is normally how a group of
📄️ How to implement locking/unlocking a Linux worker at user login/out
KDM:
📄️ How to implement locking/unlocking a macOS worker at user login/out
Many users have asked if we have scripts that would automatically lock the
📄️ How to implement locking/unlocking a Windows worker at user login/out
You can use Windows' logon/logoff scripts to automatically lock/unlock a
📄️ How to kill a job on a busy farm
The time that it takes to kill jobs can largely depend on how big your job is
📄️ How to migrate a Qube! supervisor
Only attempt to migrate the databases between supervisors of the same version.
📄️ How to move the PostgreSQL data directory
It can be advantageous to move the directory on the supervisor which contains
📄️ How to obtain your MAC Address / HOST id
Hostid (the MAC address of your supervisor):
📄️ How to set up a test farm separate from your production farm
It is often prudent to test a new version of Qube! against your production
📄️ How to setup Windows symlinks for path translation
Here is a good technique for Windows rendernodes that need path translation.
📄️ How to submit a job that will wait until later to run
It is possible to submit a job that will remain in a "blocked" state until a
📄️ How to switch a worker from Service mode to Desktop User mode
Stop the worker service and disable it from auto-starting
📄️ How to troubleshoot licensing issues
Qube! licenses are node-locked, and are tied to the "hostid" value in the
📄️ How to upgrade a client on Linux
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to upgrade a client on macOS
There is no uninstall on macOS, so you simply install the newer qube packages
📄️ How to upgrade a client on Windows
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to upgrade a supervisor on Linux
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to upgrade a supervisor on macOS
There is no uninstall on macOS, so you simply stop the services and then
📄️ How to upgrade a supervisor on Windows
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to upgrade a worker on Linux
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to upgrade a worker on macOS
There is no uninstall on macOS, so you simply stop the services and then
📄️ How to upgrade a worker on Windows
You need to uninstall the older Qube! components, and then install the newer
📄️ How to use clustering for workers
Lets say you wish to partition your render farm into two departments, post
📄️ How to use frame chunking in the submission UI
What are frame chunks, and how to use them?
📄️ How to use job dependancies through the submission UI
Using Dependencies
📄️ How to use qbwrk.conf
Below is a brief description of a few commonly used properties to set up the